Democrat Hypocrisy on Full Display…Another Non-Issue by the Left

You always seems to word it better than I....not to good with getting my thought across...thanks for expanding on it...It should not be forced wages
determined by the government. Beyond minimum wage and equal pay for equal work, they rest should be determined by the employer as they see fit.

Originally posted by Beanskinner
Women do get paid less than men in general -

100 years ago, Women got paid 5 times less than men on average for doing the same job.

Today I believe it is near 30%

It is my opinion that if women could magically make as much as men overnight, our

economy would be better off. They would have more to spend, which would increase

sales and a need for more employees, etc. I think women should be paid the same if

their performance merits it and in many cases I think that is the case.

Women are beautiful and hard working just like the rest of us, I like women

These stats always baffle me. Nowhere I have worked do women get paid less than men for the same job and performance. Maybe it is only in tiny
companies where this happens. For 20 years in the workforce, nearly every job is on structured salary, with raises based on performance ratings, or
commissions. I seriously would like to know where this pay inequality happens.

Out of sheer curiosity...how would you know how much everyone gets paid. I work in an office of four people and have no clue how much anyone gets
paid. It is against most companies policies and a general rule of etiquette to not talk about salary. Unless you were in payroll, how did you gain
all this information at every place you ever worked at?

I've been in management most places I've worked, so I knew the pay rates and how they worked. There was never room to decide to pay someone more or
less. Everywhere else I worked where I wasn't management, like where I am now, there is a set % of what each job gets for each piece of profit you
participate in. Everyone within each job is the same
Again, I'm really not disputing the numbers, I really am curious where the problem lies. My guess is it has to be small businesses, because I've yet
to see an example of a company who would allow it to happen.

I am male, hear me roar. Here are trufax fer ya. I worked for a publicly traded company that employed about 70,000 peeps worldwide. Now I was paid
quite handsomely and there was a female in the same location/branch where I worked, we held the same position in said organization, and we performed
about the same quality. Here is what separated her and I, she had a college degree relevant to our job, I had no degree, she also had about 15 years
more experience in our field than I, I made about $20,000 more per year than her. A promotion became available and we both threw our names in the
hat, along with others, I was the one that received the promotion.

At the time we worked together, I had no idea what she made and she had no idea what I made. I left the company a couple of years later and her and I
had stayed in touch. One day we were talking on the phone and she was venting some frustrations about her job and the subject of her pay came up and
I was appalled! I was horrified that this woman with so much experience and an education would be paid so much less than a male counterpart.

I guess my point is, that I hear some people yelling "free market, it will balance everything out!" "regulation is killing our economy!" "let the
market decide!". A free market capitalist economy could work, unfortunately there are far far too many unethical/corrupt/thieving business
people/politicians in this world.

Source: I made $20,000 per year more than a female more qualified than me.

I think you fail to realize Seabag's response. This is important but not the most critical. If you try to fix this the house of cards starts
to tumble. I understand women deserve equal pay for the same work and some do get it. However, no one is holding her to a job. She can leave for more
pay like any man does. If he or she is comfortable than it is their issue. Let the law makers focus on the more critical issues like security and
commerce. We as a people are not paying attention to the signs of a failing systems. You are too wrapped up on your agendas or sheeple being sent to
the slaughter. Focus on the major things and allow stuff like this to work itself out is all i see.

Well said, Marine! That was my point. Although it is an important issue it is simply a distraction right now.

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